Please note the Library’s hours are changed due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The Library will remain closed through Saturday, November 26th and open as regularly scheduled on Monday, November 28th.
Are you ready to lend a hand and spread some holiday cheer? Volunteers are needed for gingerbread (graham cracker) house building, and kit assembly on Saturday, December 3rd at 2 p.m. You don’t have to be an expert at frosting or building to help! RSVP with Library staff in person or by phone, 319-624-2678.
Light up the Holidays with the Solon Public Library Foundation’s library luminaries. Orders can be placed at the Library through December 10th, and with the Foundation at the Festival of Trees at SUMC’s Family Life Center on Saturday, December 3rd. Pickups can be scheduled on a variety of dates through December 17th. Your support helps the Foundation with scholarship funds, and the long-term growth of the Library.
Library Events
The Friends of the Library will hold their annual Holiday Puzzle Sale on Saturday, December 3rd from 8 a.m. to Noon. With a variety of puzzles, holiday items, and library merchandise, you’ll find something to spread holiday cheer at the Friend’s sale!
There’s still time to register for the annual Gingerbread House Decorating Workshops! Each registered family will receive one “gingerbread” house made of graham crackers, frosting and misc. candies to decorate. Register to join us on Tuesday, December 6th at 5:45 p.m. or 6:45 p.m. Or register for a take-home kit. Enjoy the “gingerbread” fun at a time that works best for you! Links to register are available on our website, solon.lib.ia.us, register at the Library, or over the phone (319-624-2678).
Solon High School Anatomy & Physiology students will facilitate a discussion about the book Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder on Wednesday, December 7th from 12:30-1:45 in the Center for the Arts lobby at the high school. For this event, we rely on members of our community to participate! Please come to listen and engage in a discussion of themes and issues from the book. Special thanks to the Solon Education Foundation for funding the purchase of multiple copies. Books are currently available for check out at the Solon Public Library or by contacting Mrs. Posekany at the high school. Even if you don’t get a chance to read the book, anyone is welcome.
Early-out Thursdays at the Library are all about the kids! BAM POW activities begin at 1:45 for Kindergarten through 5th graders, walk over to the Library after school to Build and Make, Play or Watch with us! CATS activities begin at 3:30 for 6th-12th graders, and include some of our Creative, Amazing Teens of Solon favorites like outdoor games, Kahoot!, trivia, and more.
Library Access
Regular Library hours are Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday-Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. During the holidays the Library will have changes to our regular schedule.
Thurs, Nov. 24: Closed for Thanksgiving
Fri, Nov. 25: Closed for Thanksgiving
Sat, Nov. 26: Closed for Thanksgiving
What’s New?
Enjoy a movie night at home or binge a favorite series with the Library’s DVD Collection. These are a few of the latest titles to hit the shelves.
Bullet Train. Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug’s latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe, all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives, on the world’s fastest train. The end of the line is just the beginning in this non-stop thrill-ride through modern-day Japan from David Leitch, the director of Deadpool 2. [Rated R] You can also read this one!
A Discovery of Witches (Season 3). In the final season of A Discovery of Witches, Matthew and Diana return from their trip to 1590 to find tragedy has occurred at Sept-Tours. They must locate the missing pages from the Book of Life and the Book itself before it’s too late. But their enemies are gearing up against them, and a monster from Matthew’s past has been lying in wait to return for revenge. [Rated TV MA] Enjoy the book series that inspired the show!
Miss Scarlet and the Duke (Season 2). It’s a few months after the end of Season One. Eliza Scarlet has solved her father’s murder while her relationship with Inspector William Wellington, aka the Duke, continues to slowly simmer, and she continues to face the challenges of being a female private detective in male-dominated Victorian London. [Rated TV PG]
The Last Kids on Earth (Book 1). Ever since the monster apocalypse hit town, average thirteen-year-old Jack Sullivan has been living in his tree house, which he’s armed to the teeth with catapults and a moat, not to mention video games and an endless supply of Oreos and Mountain Dew scavenged from abandoned stores. But Jack alone is no match for the hordes of Zombies and Winged Wretches and Vine Thingies, and especially not for the eerily intelligent monster known only as Blarg. So, Jack builds a team: his dorky best friend, Quint; the reformed middle school bully, Dirk; Jack’s loyal pet monster, Rover; and Jack’s crush, June. With their help, Jack is going to slay Blarg, achieve the ultimate Feat of Apocalyptic Success, and be average no longer! Can he do it? [Rated TV Y] You can enjoy this book series as well!
Redeeming Love. A powerful story of love and perseverance as a young couple’s relationship clashes with the harsh realities of the California Gold Rush of 1850. Angel, facing demons that seem unsurmountable, meets Michael, a farmer who wants her for his wife. As Angel experiences love for the first time, feelings of unworthiness cause her to run from the new life she doesn’t think she deserves. When Michael sets out to find her, Angel discovers that she has the power to choose the life she wants. [Rated PG-13] Based on the book by Francine Rivers.
Library News
November 24, 2022